Genealogy Notes
for the Hamlet of
Paynes Farm, Fulbrook,
OxfordshireA miscellany of pictures and data arising out of research into the KIRBY's family trees (but not all linked to them). This is a work in progress so please treat the data with appropriate caution.
For related information see
www.the-kirbys.org.uk,
Ancestor List,
Place Index and
Wills Index
Location and Description
Referred to variously as Paines Farm or Paynes Farm this
small
group of houses lies just to the north of Swinbrook, Oxon.
At various times it is referred to as
Paynes Farm in Fulbrook,
Oxon., or Taynton,
Oxon., as, even though it is some distance from those
villages, it is in their Parish.
Buildings
Paynes Farm
Paynes Farm was home to one of the branches of the KILLMASTER family
that may have had links with Sarah KILLMASTER.
People
The KILLMASTER family
Abt 1845 Mary Letitia KILLMASTER was born at Paynes Farm to Robert
KILLMASTER (1823-) who had married Letitia HOWSE (later a farmer of
over 300 acres in Shilton, Oxon.). In abt 1847 Richard KILLMASTER was
born to the same family and again at Paynes Farm. Robert was the great
grandchild of Richard KILLMASTER and Sarah TURK, as shown on
my draft
KILLMASTER tree.
Robert's brother, John KILLMASTER (1830-1856), married Charlotte HOWSE
but left her a widow fairly rapidly. In 1861 she is listed at
Paynes Farm and is a farmer of 100 acres. She later married into the
MORRIS family of Morris Oxford fame, William MORRIS, Lord
Nuffield, being her grandson. Her gravestone is amongst the KILLMASTER
burials at Swinbrook, Oxon.
Related links
A selection of links to other
sites with information about this place
Bibliography
Any transcripts and images on this page are Copyright R I Kirby 2008
unless stated otherwise.
